Washington Weekly Briefing - July 29

This thirty-minute webinar features Ms. Pryor, who shares her insights on how EXIM is advancing U.S. innovation and promoting American job growth through export financing following the COVID-19 outbreak.  Ms. Pryor also shares her strategic priorities as a Member of EXIM’s Board, including her take on key emerging markets and industry sectors, and EXIM’s role in the global export finance marketplace.

Key takeaways from the discussion with Ms. Pryor:

•  “EXIM’s exposure cap is $135 billion, and we have room to grow. 95 percent of consumers live outside the U.S. borders so it’s really important that we help American businesses succeed and be given a level playing field on which to compete fairly in the international arena.”
• “The EXIM Board’s job is to support U.S. jobs through the facilitation of exports. When there’s a liquidity crisis, EXIM gets a little busy. So we instituted these (COVID-19 response) measures early on so we could support American industry, manufacturers, lenders, and buyers to ensure American products are still being purchased abroad.”
• “While EXIM’s mission is not developmental—it’s export-related—the Mozambique LNG project is so highly developmental and could really be a game changer for the continent, but especially for Mozambique and East Africa.”